Butte County is located in northern California. Its southern border is approximately 55 miles north of
the State’s capital in Sacramento. One of the original twenty-seven California counties, it now covers
approximately 1,676 square miles with a population of approximately 204,000 citizens. The county is situated
on the eastern side of the Sacramento Valley, extending from the Sacramento River, on its western border,
east into the foothills and western slopes of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. The county has five urban areas
around the cities of Biggs, Chico, Gridley, Oroville, and Paradise. With many small rural communities that occupy a
diverse landscape which encompasses range lands, lakes, rivers, foothills, prime agricultural lands, forests,
and rugged mountains and canyons.

The staff of the Butte County District Attorney’s Office
is committed to providing professional, reliable
services that further the protection of all residents of Butte County. We hope this web site is helpful in meeting the needs of our citizens, and we welcome feedback regarding this site and how the site might prove more useful in the future.